Formula 1 embarks on an unprecedented triple-header starting at this weekend's French Grand Prix, returning to the calendar after a decade’s absence, and followed by back to back races in Austria and Great Britain. Le Castellet’s Paul Ricard circuit last hosted a Formula 1 race in 1990, before 10 of the current 22 drivers were born, and has been reconfigured from the one fondly remembered by older generations. France’s most recent grand prix was at Magny-Cours in 2008, the year Hamilton won his first world championship with McLaren, and it remains a rare country that has yet to see the Mercedes driver triumph. If the four-times world champion does so on Sunday, he will take another...
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